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Enzymes known as amylases.
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Why digestion of starch starts in the mouth?
It does not digest starch faster. The saliva produced before the meal will have a longer time to prepare.
What is the storage molecule made by glucose in plants?
Starch. Plants use the excess glucose to form starch molecules
Are big starch molecules made up of little glucose molecules?
there are a large number of glucose molecules in starch.
What do digestive enzymes split starch into?
Starch is a polysaccharide made up of a chain of sugar molecules. Digestive enzymes split starch into glucose molecules by breaking up links of the chain.
What does starch solution represent?
My guess is that the starch and glucose mixture is supposed to represent the starch and glucose molecules in our body, and how only the smaller molecules can pass through the walls of the small intestines.
Why is it necessary that you digest hydrolyze starchy food?
Sugar molecules are more easily transported through the cell membrane than larger starch molecules.
Can you digest starch?
Pepsin does not digest. It breaks down proteins into amino acids. Pepsin cannot break down starch. This is probably because the pH of starch is higher than the optimum pH of Pepsin.
Is it easier to digest cellulose in fruits and vegetables then starch in pastas?
No, starch is easier to digest.
What enzyme helps you digest starch?
Amylase digests starch
Why digestion of starch starts in the mouth?
It does not digest starch faster. The saliva produced before the meal will have a longer time to prepare.
How can you tell how quickly the saliva digests the starch?
Starch doesn't digest saliva. The enzyme in saliva digests starch.
How does saliva digest starch?
Amylase
What is needed to digest starch?
enzymes
A polysaccharide that is made by plants and can be digested by humans is?
Starch! We have amylases to digest them!!
Why does starch take longer to digest than sugar?
The reason for this is that the acid is more rapid in it's chemical reactions, this than enables the starch to hydrolise starch more effectivly that the enzyme. As you may have learned the enzyme is a catalyst and does speed up chemical reactions but not like an acid does.
Why is starch found in plants?
Glucose for energy is stored as starch in plants. The glucose molecules join up to form starch molecules.
Which of the following nutrients begin to digest in the mouth starch protein fats or vitamins?
Starch
